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6 Planning Responses to Project Risks Online Quiz Questions

Use this free practice quiz with 20 questions to review 6 Planning Responses to Project Risks, test your knowledge, and prepare for your next test or exam.

20 questions
01
Choose one
1 point

A planned activity creates a threat to a project objective. The team changes its approach so that this threat can no longer affect the project. Which threat response strategy is it using?

  1. A

    Mitigate the threat by reducing its likelihood or impact.

  2. B

    Avoid the threat by changing the plan so it can no longer affect the project.

  3. C

    Accept the threat and monitor it.

  4. D

    Transfer or share part of the exposure with another party.

02
True or false
1 point

True or false: Accepting a threat means the team has deliberately chosen not to take proactive action beyond monitoring, or has prepared a contingency response.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

03
Fill in the blank
1 point

A response plan identifies a measurable sign or event that calls for a planned action. This sign or event is the .

04
Written response
1 point

After a planned response has been carried out, the team reassesses the exposure that remains. What is this remaining exposure called?

05
Written response
1 point

A team cannot eliminate a threat, but it plans actions to reduce the likelihood of the threat occurring. Which threat response strategy is this?

06
Choose all
1 point

Which statements correctly describe the trigger, contingency, residual risk, and secondary risks that a response plan should address? Select all that apply.

  1. A

    A measurable sign or event that calls for a planned action.

  2. B

    A fallback action if a threat occurs, or an action to capture an opportunity when its trigger appears.

  3. C

    Exposure that remains after the planned response.

  4. D

    New risks that the response itself may create.

  5. E

    A guarantee that the response eliminates all exposure.

  6. F

    The amount of contingency reserve automatically available for any project activity.

07
True or false
1 point

True or false: Once a team selects a response strategy, the response is complete even if its actions have not been added to project plans or resourced.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

08
Choose one
1 point

A project team wants to increase the chance of receiving a potential benefit but does not plan to make the opportunity certain. Which opportunity response strategy fits?

  1. A

    Exploit the opportunity.

  2. B

    Share the opportunity.

  3. C

    Enhance the opportunity.

  4. D

    Accept the opportunity.

09
Fill in the blank
1 point

A response plan specifies a : the fallback action to take if a threat occurs, or the action to capture an opportunity if its trigger appears.

10
Choose all
1 point

Select all the practices that support integrating approved response work into project plans and budgets.

  1. A

    Add approved actions to relevant work packages, schedules, and team assignments.

  2. B

    Keep response costs outside project estimates so they do not affect the budget.

  3. C

    Estimate labor, materials, procurement, and duration as applicable.

  4. D

    Incorporate costs and activities into appropriate plans or baselines under applicable approval rules.

11
Choose one
1 point

A risk is outside the project team's authority and scope, so the matter must be raised to an appropriate organizational level for a decision. Which response category does the material identify for this situation?

  1. A

    Transfer

  2. B

    Escalate

  3. C

    Exploit

  4. D

    Mitigate

12
Choose one
1 point

A planned risk response would change an approved project baseline. What should the team do before incorporating that change?

  1. A

    Incorporate it immediately, then seek approval afterward.

  2. B

    Record it only as a contingency reserve.

  3. C

    Obtain the required approval before incorporating the change.

  4. D

    Exclude the response from the project plan.

13
Open ended
1 point

A project depends on migrating customer records, and poor-quality legacy data could cause migration failures. Propose a response plan for this threat. Include the strategy, actions, ownership and timing, a trigger and contingency, how remaining or newly created risks will be handled, and how approved response work will be integrated into project plans and budgets.

14
Choose one
1 point

A project team cannot eliminate a threat, but it can reduce the chance of occurrence by testing a component earlier. Which response strategy does this describe?

  1. A

    Accept

  2. B

    Mitigate

  3. C

    Transfer

  4. D

    Avoid

15
True or false
1 point

A project team that accepts a threat may still monitor it or prepare a contingency response.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

16
Choose one
1 point

A project manager identifies a risk that requires a decision beyond the project's delegated authority. What is the most appropriate next step?

  1. A

    Transfer the risk to a contractor without further review

  2. B

    Accept the risk because the project cannot control it

  3. C

    Escalate it to the appropriate organizational level

  4. D

    Avoid the risk by removing the entire project

17
Written response
1 point

After a team completes its planned response to a threat, some exposure remains and must be reassessed and assigned an owner. What is this remaining exposure called?

18
Choose one
1 point

A team assigns one person to monitor a priority risk and coordinate its response, and another person to complete a specific data-profiling task. Which description correctly distinguishes these roles?

  1. A

    The action owner is accountable for monitoring every risk and coordinating all responses

  2. B

    The risk owner monitors the risk and coordinates the response; an action owner may own an individual task

  3. C

    The project sponsor must be the risk owner, while the risk owner carries out every action

  4. D

    The risk owner is responsible only for recording the risk after it occurs

19
Choose one
1 point

A response plan specifies that a missed supplier milestone will prompt a schedule fallback. What role does the missed milestone play in the plan?

  1. A

    A measurable sign or event that calls for a planned action

  2. B

    A list of tasks that have already been completed

  3. C

    The budget allocated to all project risks

  4. D

    The person responsible for approving every project change

20
Written response
1 point

A response plan defines a fallback action to take if a threat occurs. What is this planned fallback called?